The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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TRACK MEET BEGINS HERE TODA
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Meats
The Comanche Chief,
March 20, 1014 '
"4* O
F. f. Reese nas been appointed
ter at Comanche succed-
rge L. Sullivan.
Robert E. Speer was
Postmaster at Fort j
last week it ended a long •
between Congressman Os-
laway and President Wil-!
the Postmaster General. 1
y recommended D. T. Hov. |
SHEEP AND GOAT SHOW PLANS STAR
WILL CONDUCT
COLT SHOW HERE
ON SAME DAT
3 l-2c
$2.00
$2.09
Y GOES
IJECH
of Mr. and
of Comanche,
or of Econo-
'ech, Atlanta,
eld a siml
■y Universltj
is past two
position oar-
■eased salary.
Whitesides of Sipe
lr heifers and Sumner a 1 che’s Annual Sheep and Goat
ie beef supply of Coman- show* and plans for the show are
iunty is being exhausted now being drawn up by County r
ery farmer should have a Agent J. A. Barton with the as-
“h grade cattle. sistance of a number of ranch-
che High School base-I men. . .. A-
m defeated Blanket High Mr. Barton states that much
y, 25 to 21. ; interest is being Bhown in the
has piped for natural gas 1 show and invites the co-operation
ie Moran Field and an 1 of all sheep and goat raisers.
“ h‘Mn* to get tha- Growers are asked to eall at
extended to Gorman and Mr. Barton’s office any time
m Ivnn ? combined popula- that they are in Comanche and ’
f 2000, to De Ieon a town discuss rules for the show which
and on to Dublin a town will be announced next week.
.. ... ________.J Many Lampasas County ranch?
Callaway this week an- , men are planning to attend the
8 as a candidate for Dis- [ Comanche Show according to Ed
' Sumner who attended the Lometa
George Montgomery home Show last Monday,
ranch south of Comanche ,l The show this7 year will be
troyed bv fire Wednesday. : competitive and ribbons will be
an wanted forvthe mprder awarded to winners.
Carnes near the Coman-1 All classes anJ types of indi-
th County line in 1900 vidual sheep and goats will' be
fought to Comanche Mon-: shown as well. 4s the Get-of-Sire,
"m Jayton by Sheriff Jack Mr. Barton said,
ham. He was supposed to ! The Comanche Sheep and Goat
I-. Hudson, the man ac- Show-—--was established several
of the murder and who! years ago and was among the
first of its kind to be held in
r the killing. The man
released when witnesses
identify him as Hudson.
* present building in which
Chlef-Fxponet Is located has
sold to the Comanche Mer-
« Company and the Coman-
iblishing Company will be
ds Bachelor's
es and later
Degree tram
Wisconsin,
recognised as
ucational ln-
lass in the
—Riley’s Gro.
this section of the state and an-
nually draws a large crowd of
entries not only from Comanche
County but many other sections.
Colt Show Is Being Planned
A Colt Show, independent of
. . »PMJ be the Sheep and Goat Show, is
to the A. O. O. F. building being planned by owners of fine
» north side of the square , breeding horses and jacks in the
"L1, . . „ county and will also be held the
Commissioners flourt Is First Monday in April,
aying a bounty of 16.00 for I Last First Monday one of the
*n<J $1.00 for each 1 largest crowds to attend a Trades
"!"*• „ .1 Day In Comanche in several years
driving 20 miles in the was present, and with the added
this week, the writer attraction of the Sheep and Goat
J? ™ co™. | ?how »ud the Colt Show an even
Minnie Hilliard was hon- larger crowd may be expected
^March 17th with a birth- j here the First Monday in April.
Comanche County Hog
fcrs Association will hold a
■3L at ? P- m- Saturday
of the Chamber af
free.
;>Wii
bUV
all
III OWNERS
i IT LBMETI
first prizes, one second,
| the blue ribbon for the Grand
Buck, were won at the
eta Fair last Monday by Ed
her ar j John and Fritz Haas
Irysqnville who entered their
P together against a field of
• other entries.
»me of the best sheep in this
I of the country were on
Wt according to daily papers
.the Comanche County entries
strong competition in each
I, Mr. Sumner said,
number of Lampasas County
»n stated that the Co-
Sheep were the best ever
Mted in that section, Mr.
Br said. _
sheep ire of the Ramboulett
and are front stock brought
Comanche County by Mr.
Nner from Wyoming and other
Iteni States about eight years
Mr. Sumner has won prises
he Fort Worth Fat Stock
and at many other places.
Jr. Sumner- has about 250 of
ewes on his ranch and ths
Brothers have about sixty
it class.
NEW 5TINDIA0S
FOR TENCHERS TO
FOLLOW GIVEN
BUNTON PRIED HUNDREDS WILL
m VIREINIIN
S IN EDITOOML
, :- ,,. , , Hundreds of school children
Following is an editorial ap- ^ in Md
pearing in The Chronical, Claren- | S
don Virtfni* on March 2, written Int€nrho]ut{e hmg99 Meet,
by Crandal Mackey, former Com- | o' tstanding school gatheri
monwealth Attorney of tha State the year. In addition to
of Virginia. I
“Oh! Rare Tom Blanton* "
“The recent statement of Fred
erick Vinson. Chairman of tin
Ways Jjlplaana CnmtAe oMy with a general
the House of Representatives, that tlw. «!*> w*10®1 auditorium
('onpri'HHitian Thomas I,. Blanton
of Texas would
thousand dollars per year, Is no J Methodist Church
overpaid
to fifty
ways d
will be
inpre than others in congress
have said about that rMbireahl*
man.
“Blanton during his long ser-
vice in congress has blocked more
hid legislation than any other
> member. Nothing escapes his vis-
ion.
“He has pot through more
. *ood legislation than any other
1 member.
“Blanton is always in his seat
when congress opens, and has
never been known to miss a roll
call. He is always the first to
arrive at a committee meeting,
and always knows to the great- „„„ „
eat detail every matter that: “
comes, up for consideration. Re JT2u£.__,___
have been rightly cdRed a toeo-.
motive in trouamrs for he never Lll ^Jrk 1 Saturday when1 ad
stops day or night until exhsus- 1 miraiofwffl and M
tion tells him: “Something accom- iMi°B will be 35 and 25 cents.
WILL PRESENT iWEONESOIV IS
STYLE SHOW HERE LIST OIL FOR
lOTTRN-M
Comanche’s Annual Style Show !
will be given at the New Majes-
tic Theatre Thursday night of
next week under the auspice of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Comanche girls and women will
be presented in new spring styles
j furnished by Comanche merchants'
! Mrs. R. S. Walker will direct
a program in connection
the Style Show.
imilton Group
Visits Austin In
Highway Interest
aunty Judge J.j C. Barrow,
t Moore and George 8cott of
jilton attended a session of
State Highway Department
Austin Monday in the Interest
[pushing construction of High-
No. 30.
group composed •
New educational requirements1
for teachers during the next ses-
sion in Texas schools has been
released by the State Department
of Education.
The following communication la
from the Department to County
Superintendent Walker, tn regard
to the standards; ^
In a special session of the
Committee on Classified and Ac-
credited High Schools at sight
o’clock Friday morning, Decem-
ber 1, 1983, the regulation made
last June concerning tha academle
trailing of teachers in systems of
schools embracing a four-year
school of the first class was
modified, and the following amend-
ed regulation was passed, which
explains very fully the new stan
dards for such systems of schools:
^o??o*rinni.n* , ^th the session
1884-«5’ standard foor-year high
schools, m addition to mooting
fCortniued on Last Pags)
L0CHL7EXNSEXES
RBLD’EIECTIRI
•, rec7‘t meeting of the
University of Tsxaa Ex-Students
Association of Comanche, Km.
Oscar Callaway was elected Pre-
sident of the Comanche County
Chib and N. E. Palmer of Out
vice President
J. C. Wtlkerson was elected Sec-
retary.
Mrs. Callaway, wife of Ex-
Congressman Oscar Callaway, was
Miss Stella Coach bafmv her
marriage She received a B. 8.
fSTuSS
IMS
The duparti
cation at Baylor Col
has extended an In vita
To the Voters and the
General Public:
I wish to take this method of
making known my candidacy for
tho office of Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 1, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary,"”
To those persons who are not
acquainted with me, I would
state that I have lived in Co-
manche County, in the Shrum
community, for over -fifty years,
where 11 have devoted my efforts
to farming and have had ex-
perience in work with machinery.
My record is open for your
investigation and I assure you
that, if elected, 1 will devote
my energies to the fulfillment
of the duties of this office' and
work to the benefit of the en-
tire citizenship of this county.
I further assure you that your
consideration of - my esndidary
(hall be appreciated.
!Nv<|voctfuUy,
W. J. RANKIN, Candidate
for Commissioner, Prec, No. 1
Local School Is
Invited to Enter
Baylpr JMay Day
tmeVit of
The last Cotton Belt trains
will be operated over the section
of the line to be abandoned in
Comanche and Erath Counties
with | next \y«nines<[ay according to
; Carroll Black, local agent, who
said that he had received an
official statement to that effect.
C. R. Main of Stephenville and
C. H. Scott of Waco, both Cotton
Belt brakemen have entered ne-
gotiations with Kirby PPst, Gen-
eral Manager of the Cotton Balt
to continue the lines as a pri-
vate enterprise.
Mr. Black said that he had
received no additional information
about the private operation af
the road and that he is now
making hit plans to leave Co-
manche as soon as he is trans-
TwrTTn to anomer position oy tut
Cotton Belt.
piMhed, something done,
earned a night's repose."
“It was Blanton who discover-
ed that insane World War veter-
ans were being robbed by many
nf those appointed their guar-
dians. In one ease a guardian for
155 insane World war veterans
was charged with having gotten
more out of their estates than
thev had gotten. Blanton got
. legislation through putting the
- matter of the esteteT«fWnc
W. <\ Barrett, at a recent World War veterans under the
meeting of the City School Board, y^erans Bureau and knocked out trict subject to the astitu
the Democratic Primary.
BIORETT BENIN
TO HEIR SCHOOLS
students, most parents and m
Wll teachers will attend the
day Meet
Tie program starts
contests will begin at 9:lf.
Declamations for Class A
B schools will be held at
this
»nd those for the rural echo
at the same place tfafar
roon.
Boys and girls tennis will be-
gin today on the high school
rampaui and will continue through
One of the feature events of
th# Moot and the ooe that sJ-
the largest crowd
held tonight when
glee club and choral 'club
testa will be held i« tha_
school ‘.auditorium.
Track and field events will
be held at the ball park Sata*»
day.
All events are free except the
MEOCIIE SEEKS
SENILE OFFICE
Penrose B. Medcalfe of
Angelo makes his formal
i.ouncament as a candidate
the State Senate from this
i
ting oi un v/ivy owiwi uihi uioqKeu oui
was re-elected Superintendent of «e exhorbitant fees that uncon-
Comanche Schools. I (Continued On Last Page)
Supt. Barrett came to Co man- I ' .....
che in the fall of 1924 as Prin-
cipal of tho High School and the
next year on the resignation of
tho late B, W. Speed as Superin-.
Undent, was elected to his pre-1
sent position. ,
Mr. Barrett is a graduate of
Baylor University and is doing
post grauate’ work at the Uni-
versity of Texas. ,
Delinquent Tax
Suits Are Filed
Against Eight
Bill TOURNEY
GIIESJSCHOOIS
LEID IN MEET
Suite
Physical
liege. B«
tetion to
kal edu-
Befton
mane he High School *nnd eighty-
five others to attend on May 4-
6 the second annual High School
Play Day.
Former Hasse Man,
Now Policeman,
Shoots l^outh
Carter Wilson, Comanihe High
School graduate, native of the
Haase community, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wilson now of
Stephenville. while on duty as a
roiiceman in Fort Worth Tues-
day, shot and killed a youth ac-
cording to the Star Telegram.
According to the r>aoer. W>1-
son shook the door of the Love-
lace grocery and flashed his light
through a window. He saw s
figure inside the store, and ran
around, a corner In the alley in
time to see someone dart oul of
the darkness and “run through the
alley. According to Wilson's re-
port to,Chief lewis, he shouted
twice to the fleeing man to step.
Then he fired, twice. The figure
went down. Officers found a
vonth, shot over the hip and th#
holiet had lodged in his stomach.
ThO vonth was identified as Joe
De Leon High School got off
to a ten point lead over Co-
_ manche High f i both
in District Court this weak by ***• *»» the C round
Special Attorney Y. W. Holmes
for eolleetion of City dellnqmnh , ^ terial
in the De Leo year
Holmes, said that he had 4 ‘
Mr. Medcalfe, who was a
manche .visitor Wednesday,
make a formal statement in
week's issue of Th« Chief.
He • is serving his third
•s a member of the House .
Representatives and is now
candidate to succeed Walter W<
ward af Coleman, who is
a candidate for Attorney
eraL
This, the 25th Senatorial
trict is composed of Brown,
man, Coke, Comaaeha,
K‘rnbl‘‘’
ioHh*. Mason, Mills,
Schleicher, Sterling an
Green Counties.
collected $5200 in delinquent texoa tn
since he was appointed attorney track even
far that purpose bv the City tn to \ take
Ce* Boykin of Fort Woth Three other
youths were arretted later.
Miaa Pauline Mi
Clarice Jones, Hardy J<
i Mum 1
week end
Jane and that all collections to
date had been made without suit.
Mr. Holmes said that under the
law. if suit is filed against one
delinquent thx payer, that such
suits most M filed against all
who owe the city bade taxes and
that other cases would be filed
as rapidly as he had time to
work them qp.
Hon. Carl Hamlin
Visits Comanche
Hon. Carl Hamlin, District
Judge at Breckenridge, and can-
didate for Congress from this
district visited Comanche Tuee-
day. | t„ ■ ■ ;
Mr. Hamlin has been district
Judge for thirteen yean.
The new 17th Consrreswionsl
district according to the judge
consists of Erath, Hamilton, and
Fisher Counties, which have been
added to the district, sad the
following counties from ths old
district: GhOahsn, Comanche, No-
lan, Eastland, Jonas, Palo Pinto,
shackrlford. Stephens, and Tay-
lor. Ten West Tams counties
were cut from tha district
tchoo!
ir or
show
end. If Coma
the Class A a
has won for
five years, t
superior streng
.tests, support*
the boys dlvis i—>
over other Cli (
fsve notice t. inner
last year, thal fa
the race to re round
Class R cup w d for
many vests pi
Jakehammt, »he
lesding 5 to 4 iJt *
contest when t eall-
ed st the end th ia
erder to < hs
took a comma: r the
championship h islon
Hasse took ! bovs
sur'.rsi —
B division. Ia
aion. Beatty
Comyn tn
won third
Energy t
hamoa in
»»d tha
Brown wood Is
Continuing Work
On Highway
wKi “ **ta« torward o*
tmn , road ftom a connection with
H^$hway 10 into Greenleaf Cl
timt with the
feet north of tbeFViscow
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Brownwood Bulletin.
Ritz Theatre
SATURDAY
“Telegraidi Trail^
With John Wayne
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The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1934, newspaper, March 16, 1934; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889157/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.